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Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Morgan was playing RF, and went into the stands after a ball. Fan caught ball against his chest, leaning back. I can't remember if it was first or second row. Clearly not in the field of play. Not even close. Morgan shoved the fan with his glove and started to jaw with him. Fan jawed right back.

Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Originally Posted by dougdirt

I missed this.... can someone explain in more detail what happened?

Flyball heading towards the stands, fan reaches for ball while Morgan reaches as well. Morgan doesn't get the ball. Morgan stares at the fan and gives him a glove to the to the upper body/lower head region. Not with a lot of force, but completely unnecessary and uncalled for. Fan doesn't back down either.

"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Flyball heading towards the stands, fan reaches for ball while Morgan reaches as well. Morgan doesn't get the ball. Morgan stares at the fan and gives him a glove to the to the upper body/lower head region. Not with a lot of force, but completely unnecessary and uncalled for. Fan doesn't back down either.

Did it clearly look to you, as it did to me, the ball was well, well out of the field of play?

Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Originally Posted by hebroncougar

Did it clearly look to you, as it did to me, the ball was well, well out of the field of play?

The fan certainly didn't reach over the wall, it was in the stands.

"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Hmmm. Some may remember Pete Rose getting a 30 day suspension for pushing an umpire. How many days do you get for purposely hitting a paying MLB customer with your glove? Neither are acceptable, but one paid money to see the game and those types are kinda important to the game.

I'll wait to see the video before giving my verdict, but this is not good. You cannot touch a fan in that manner. A big no-no (on this continent).

Re: Nyjer Morgan - that's Assault brother!

Well. Just saw it for the first time, and other than Morgan acting like a punk (as usual), I think "assault" is a huge exaggeration. His glove was against the fan trying to catch the ball just like the fan was. As he pulled away, sure, he gave a little more shove, but it wasn't much. Obvious frustration, but nothing more. The jawing was more unwarranted and may get him a slap on the wrist from the commissioner to scare off any future moments like this one.

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